[Milsurplus] Heterodyne Frequency Meters

[Gordon Smith]

Hi Sam,
At the risk of being word nerdy (?), I would 
submit that a heterodyne frequency meter is a 
piece of test equipment. A component is, per 
Merriam Webster, 
"<https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/element>element, 
<https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/component>component, 
<https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constituent>constituent, 
<https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingredient>ingredient 
mean one of the parts of a compound or complex 
whole". This means that a component is part of an 
assembly and if you remove it the thing it is 
part of become "non whole". A heterodyne 
frequency meters is for testing and once that 
testing is completed can be removed from the 
radio it is being used to test while the radio is still "whole".

And technically, I do not think they can be 
categorized as "Used With but Not Part Of". A 
radio does not "use" the heterodyne frequency 
meter for any of it's functions, it is an 
external frequency source used for the 
calibration of the radio. The radio works just 
fine without it. A Panadapter would be an example 
of "used with but not part of".

Just my 2c

73, Gordon KJ6IKT

At 06:17 PM 4/21/2021, Sam Stokes wrote:
>For indexing purposes, are heterodyne frequency 
>meters  LM-(  ) and an SCR-221- (  ) pieces 
>of test equipment or a component? Could they be 
>categorized as Used With but Not Part Of? -- Sam 
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